A sermon about Jesus' warnings about "yeast"

1. Leaven in the Lump

2. The Staff of Life

3. The Staff of Life
Bread was the base of the diet of
ancient Middle Easterners

4. The Staff of Life
Bread was the base of the diet of
ancient Middle Easterners
It was usually prepared with dough
made from leavened wheat flour

5. The Staff of Life
Bread was the base of the diet of
ancient Middle Easterners
It was usually prepared with dough
made from leavened wheat flour
Women would keep a lump of “starter
dough” that contained active yeast

6. Leaven

7. Leaven
Leaven (yeast) became a symbol of one
thing influencing another, particularly
in a bad way

8. Leaven
Leaven (yeast) became a symbol of one
thing influencing another, particularly
in a bad way
It was excluded from many Old
Testament offerings as a symbol of
corruption, of sin

9. Beware of bad yeast!

10. Beware of bad yeast!
Matthew 16:5-12
Yeast of Pharisees
Yeast of Sadducees

11. Beware of bad yeast!
Matthew 16:5-12
Yeast of Pharisees
Yeast of Sadducees
Mark 8:14-21
Yeast of Herod

12. The Sadducees

13. The Sadducees
The Sadducees believed in the Old
Law, but rejected later traditions
(including most of the Old Testament)

14. The Sadducees
The Sadducees believed in the Old
Law, but rejected later traditions
(including most of the Old Testament)
They rejected all notions of spiritual
activity in the world

15. The Sadducees
The Sadducees believed in the Old
Law, but rejected later traditions
(including most of the Old Testament)
They rejected all notions of spiritual
activity in the world
They did not believe in the
resurrection

16. Herod

17. Herod
Herod and his family came to power
by collaborating with the Greeks and
Romans

18. Herod
Herod and his family came to power
by collaborating with the Greeks and
Romans
Herod was an Edomite, but sought to
appease the Jews at every chance

19. Herod
Herod and his family came to power
by collaborating with the Greeks and
Romans
Herod was an Edomite, but sought to
appease the Jews at every chance
He followed the world’s morality

20. The Yeast of Herod &
the Sadducees

21. The Yeast of Herod &
the Sadducees
Both Herod and the Sadducees sought
compromise with the outside world

22. The Yeast of Herod &
the Sadducees
Both Herod and the Sadducees sought
compromise with the outside world
The Sadducees held to the rituals of
their religion, but rejected its power

23. The Pharisees

24. The Pharisees
Arising after the Babylonian captivity,
they downplayed the temple and
worship

25. The Pharisees
Arising after the Babylonian captivity,
they downplayed the temple and
worship
Their focus was the Law and the
synagogue

26. The Pharisees
Arising after the Babylonian captivity,
they downplayed the temple and
worship
Their focus was the Law and the
synagogue
Fiercely nationalistic

27. The Pharisees

28. The Pharisees
Their interpretations of the Law
became as important as the Law itself

29. The Pharisees
Their interpretations of the Law
became as important as the Law itself
Emphasis on strict obedience
(legalism)

30. The Pharisees
Their interpretations of the Law
became as important as the Law itself
Emphasis on strict obedience
(legalism)
Sticklers on ceremonial purity

31. The Yeast of the
Pharisees

32. The Yeast of the
Pharisees
The Pharisees emphasized ceremonial
obedience rather than worship from
the heart (Luke 12:1)

33. The Yeast of the
Pharisees
The Pharisees emphasized ceremonial
obedience rather than worship from
the heart (Luke 12:1)
The Pharisees valued traditional
interpretation as highly as they did
Scripture

34. Beware!

35. Beware!
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

36. Beware!
The yeast of Herod:
Compromise with
this world
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

37. Beware!
The yeast of the
Sadducees
Religiosity without
spirituality
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

38. Beware!
The yeast of the
Pharisees:
Hypocrisy
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

39. Beware!
The yeast of the
Pharisees:
Legalism
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

40. Beware!
The yeast of the
Pharisees:
Traditionalism
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

41. The Best Bread

42. The Best Bread
John 6:35
John 6:51
The Bread of Life